Bonnie '62 FST in WA (2 Viewers)

[HelloKitty65]

is crystal diamond her stripper name?

It could be. She will go topless a lot.

 

[HelloKitty65]

No cover came with it @63cruiser, but I do have one. I now know this was a style used in '64.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Bringing the original lettering back.

I like that the zinc and gray paint on the buckets is well preserved. It's like this truck was on the moon, fine dust everywhere. Am using the nozzle attachment on the vacuum cleaner a lot.

 

[HelloKitty65]

About those barn doors...

In @Ocho77's original post there was discussion about them.

For Sale - 62 / Washington

No affiliation: Appears that someone may have welded on a top. Chevy 327. https://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/d/eltopia-1962-toyota-landcruiser/7170397570.html

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The sill is rusted where the outer tailgate hinges would have been, but the center is more solid and I don't see any evidence of past holes. I look where I think the tailgate chain would have bolted to the frame and I don't see any sign of filled holes, inside or outside. The inner paint seems original.

@3_puppies says he recalls a '62 FST with barn doors years back:

and @whitey45 says he's heard of them but never seen one. So I think this truck just came that way.

Curious thing, my Jan. 1964 built hardtop did not have footman loops.

Bonnie's footman loops are bolted on. Not welded:

So when did welded footman loops start on barn doors? These doors seem period correct, from the little I know.

Shining the bat light for @Living in the Past

 

[Living in the Past]

About those barn doors...

In @Ocho77's original post there was discussion about them.

For Sale - 62 / Washington

No affiliation: Appears that someone may have welded on a top. Chevy 327. https://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/d/eltopia-1962-toyota-landcruiser/7170397570.html

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The sill is rusted where the outer tailgate hinges would be, but the center is more solid and I don't see any evidence of past holes. I look where it think the tailgate chain would have bolted and I don't see any sign of filled holes, inside or outside. The inner paint seems original.
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@3_puppies says he recalls a '62 FST with barn doors years back:
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and @whitey45 says he's heard of them but never seen one. So I think this truck just came that way.

Curious thing, my Jan. 1964 built hardtop did not have footman loops.
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Bonnie's footman loops are bolted on. Not welded:
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So when did welded footman loops start on barn doors? These doors seem period correct, from the little I know.

Shining the bat light for @Living in the Past

Not sure what you want to know.? Toyota did import FST models with barn doors. I bought FST tub with barn doors. Was told it was a 63 but found an insurance card in the glove box that showed it was 1962 production and not late in the year. If you notice the picture from Paul @3_puppies the license plate bracket is held on with screws not spot welded. Same with footman loops
Think it was later in 62 both these were spot welded. Only FST models had footman loops until later in the sixties (mid 65?).

 

[HelloKitty65]

Not sure what you want to know.? Toyota did import FST models with barn doors. I bought FST tub with barn doors. Was told it was a 63 but found an insurance card in the glove box that showed it was 1962 production and not late in the year. If you notice the picture from Paul @3_puppies the license plate bracket is held on with screws not spot welded. Same with footman loops
Think it was later in 62 both these were spot welded. Only FST models had footman loops until later in the sixties (mid 65?).

Ah. I wanted to know my barn doors could be by Mr. T and not a PO addition. My license plate bracket is bolted on too. So I guess these are early stock doors used for an FST. Looks like I don't need [one of USER=68778]@Nifski[/USER]'s tailgates. Thank you LITP.

 

[Living in the Past]

Ah. I wanted to know my barn doors could be by Mr. T and not a PO addition. My license plate bracket is bolted on too. So I guess these are early stock doors used for an FST. Looks like I don't need @Nifski's tailgates. Thank you LITP.

What I have noticed on the early FST barns doors verses the hard top of the same period is FST only had a single latch on the right door to hold it close. FHT had a latch on both doors. Have a later 62 product FHT that the VIN says it's a 63 model. The barn doors were gone but has two catches just like the 61 FHT I have.

 

[Living in the Past]

Bringing the original lettering back.
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I like that the zinc and gray paint on the buckets is well preserved. It's like this truck was on the moon, fine dust everywhere. Am using the nozzle attachment on the vacuum cleaner a lot.
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Were those headlight buckets open in the back? Believe the open back didn't start until the seventies. Would have to check the early vehicles I have left, a 60 FJ25 and 61 FJ40. Plus another 61 FJ40 bib. Think those all were closed. My 68 and 70 FJ40s are in another location but almost possible the 68 is closed.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Well it only has one barn door barrel latch on the right door.

Not sure what an open or closed headlight bucket is, only have early trucks. It looks like this:

Which seems like this from a '64 parts catalog.

 

[HelloKitty65]

@ToyotaMatt, a man among men (and FJ40 women), the deep fountain of TEQ knowledge, told me he _knew_ these early rear tail lights were bib lights in red. Foolishly I didn't believe it but sure enough. [Good enough edits Matt?]

The code for a red lens is L1089.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Early truck. Early tools. A one pound Maruki hammer from @dmamj.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Home sweet home.

Uncovering nice bows and channels. PO must of owned stock in Bondo Corp.

Hell must be made of burning Bondo. Note to self, be good.

How thick can this stuff be? Don't ask.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Pealing back some layers of the onion. The bows are looking good.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Reading up on Husky Hubs. Made in Colorado, and a dealer option back in the day. What would of been stock?

early hub depository

everyone knows about aisan hubs and there's a lot of info on the warns, so this thread is for everything else. this will be a bit of a pandoras box as hubs were manufactured by one company and sold under another company, or one company started it and another bought them out. a lot of the old...

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[ToyotaMatt]

What's the story on Husky hubs? Made in Colorado. What would of been stock?View attachment 2478226

the HUSKEY company in Colorado was much like WARN in early days


they were installed in International Scouts and Scout II's


Kiaser era JEEP's

and ford early broncos etc ..
and 4wd pickup ups of all kinds too

like much early 4WD assys in the golden age of Discovery , the bigger companies who made it swallowed up the mom and pops who did not

or simply shut doors

this could Compair a bit in a real world facts :

- from day 1 NipponDenso Co. ltd. was a partnership and collaboration between Robert Bosch and well the Nippon;'s and Denso's

of Japan in a effort to dominate there nitch specialty markets after post WWII



remember history here : Japan and Germany were AXIS power allies .......

after a long and properious Run , there was a rift between Robert Bosch and the Nippons and Denso

the giant and great was split up and broken down into small more manageable well sub companies


Robert simply became the " BOSCH " we know today

and NipponDenso , chose a single easy to speak title we know today as ' DENSO "

nippons either bailed or were swallowed up , un sure ?


- some may say or recall a very recent TOYOTA genuine parts purchase that had the ND logo or a decal or other branding on it

thats because the same DAM Jigs , patterns and manufacturing equipment and artwork rendering , was and is in continues use even today :


I now am required to take in stock orders of well lets just say more then a few 10Pak cases of these each month ........



- look closely at the Old Skool ND and made in japan NipponDenso Logos cast into the blow mold plastic jars

this is because , the same darn molds are still being used in 2020 , as in FJ25 / 1962-63 FJ40 Days

this exact Bottle Design Now updated with a smaller filler port on top and the pomp in a rear simple added round hole

the OLD TOP Black external R2D2 washer pumps motors that sat proudly , with a real glass suction tube down into the bottle well cavity to suck and pump fluid out


my 1965 and 1963 paper parts catalogers Show this Unit as a " OPTION dealer installed , inner fender i always have seen as well too

if anyone has any Old Skool NipponDenso History ,PM me please


Tech Pics :

 

[tahoe40/45]

Reading up on Husky Hubs. Made in Colorado, and a dealer option back in the day. What would of been stock?View attachment 2478226

early hub depository

everyone knows about aisan hubs and there's a lot of info on the warns, so this thread is for everything else. this will be a bit of a pandoras box as hubs were manufactured by one company and sold under another company, or one company started it and another bought them out. a lot of the old...

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Im pretty sure Cruisers showed up with just a hub flange ( #6). Locking hubs were a dealer add on for less wear on the front end and i think better gas mileage.

 

[HelloKitty65]

Ah. Do the finned Warns fit the Acorn hubcap cutout?

 

[tahoe40/45]

Which ones are finned?
Stock and aftermarket Acorn caps with the holes cut out should fit most hubs. The Warn M47D hubs are a little tight with stock, (dealer cut) hub caps.

 

[HelloKitty65]

These:

 

[tahoe40/45]

OOh forgot about the finns on the side, those are the ones that are a little tight on my LWB 45.